Munyeroo
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 16:13
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Member - 2208mate
Any body have any pics of masses of the plant, also called pig weed?
I do have a
pic of a couple of isolated specimens.
Do you have any insight as to what camels prefer as tucker in the Simpson type area?
I'm just trying to relate what Madigan's camels may have eaten besides the Munyeroo that was mentioned.
On a trip last month I saw plenty of camels over a wide area eating apparently different vegetation.
Reply By: ExplorOz Team - Michelle - Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 16:23
Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 16:23
Sorry I cannot give you an knowledgeable answer but Pig Weed is listed in the
Wildflowers database here -
Pig Weed and looks to be the right location. Does this help?
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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - Michelle - Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 16:27
Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 16:27
Here's another interesting document, have you seen this?
List of foods from central Australia that are palatable to CamelsYou can look for photos in our
Wildflowers database of anything from this list.
Munyeroo doesn't exist in that list, nor in our
Wildflowers database. I am not familiar with the term.
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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 18:11
Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 18:11
Quandong damage by camels (one of just 3 species rated 7 "could be killed by camel browsing" in the above document) is being actively studied in the GVD by the Friends of the
Great Victoria Desert.
Camels not only actively graze this bush, but often smash branches off as
well.
Cheers,
Peter
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Follow Up By: Member - Gordon B5 - Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 22:58
Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 at 22:58
The WA explorer David
Carnegie’s diary mentions either pig weed or pig face being eaten by his camels and how they drank little water when feeding on it. This was in the late 1890s from memory. I’m away at the present and don’t have access to the info & by the time I get
home will no doubt have forgotten all about it??
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Follow Up By: Member - 2208mate - Friday, Sep 16, 2022 at 12:00
Friday, Sep 16, 2022 at 12:00
Many thanks for that link.
It does appear as if the camels will graze almost everything.
That being the case it may mean that heavily laden camels need better fodder than the norm since all camels at the end of the Madigan trek were in poor condition.
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Reply By: GarryR - Friday, Sep 16, 2022 at 17:17
Friday, Sep 16, 2022 at 17:17
Munyeroo - Pigweed is a succlent and grows in many different varieties. It is in the Portulaca Oleracea family, and can be found in small areas of Nth West NSW. National Parks NSW has a small paragraph on its location and type in various areas
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - Michelle - Monday, Sep 19, 2022 at 12:27
Monday, Sep 19, 2022 at 12:27
Yes as I linked in my first reply.
Pig Weed is in the ExplorOz
Wildflowers database with photos which he was asking for.
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulaca
Species: oleracea
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Reply By: Member - Jim S1 - Saturday, Sep 17, 2022 at 14:05
Saturday, Sep 17, 2022 at 14:05
Pigweed used to cover ( and help stabilise ) the sand dunes on our
Gold Coast beaches. Might still be there in
places. We always called it pigweed anyway, a fine succulent and I can imagine very attractive to camels.
ps
Hmmmmm ......... should have looked this up earlier ........ what I am talking about is actually called " Pigface".
Carpobrotus glaucescens
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Jim
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